WO1995035182A1 - An apparatus for cleaning the heads of welding robots - Google Patents
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- WO1995035182A1 WO1995035182A1 PCT/SE1995/000732 SE9500732W WO9535182A1 WO 1995035182 A1 WO1995035182 A1 WO 1995035182A1 SE 9500732 W SE9500732 W SE 9500732W WO 9535182 A1 WO9535182 A1 WO 9535182A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B08—CLEANING
- B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
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- B08B3/10—Cleaning involving contact with liquid with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity or by vibration
- B08B3/12—Cleaning involving contact with liquid with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity or by vibration by sonic or ultrasonic vibrations
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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- B23K9/24—Features related to electrodes
- B23K9/26—Accessories for electrodes, e.g. ignition tips
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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- B23K9/328—Cleaning of weld torches, i.e. removing weld-spatter; Preventing weld-spatter, e.g. applying anti-adhesives
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning the heads of welding robots.
- Welding robots are used generally within the workshop industry. This applies primarily to MIG-welding and MAG- welding.
- a welding robot is programmed to follow a certain pattern of movements, i.e. the robot head is arranged to follow a given pattern of movements.
- a workpiece to be welded by the robot is positioned accurately in relation to the robot, such that the workpiece will be located in a predeter ⁇ mined position in relation to the robot. As the robot head moves through the predetermined movement pattern, it will move in a predetermined manner in relation to the workpiece.
- the robot head In welding operations, the robot head carries a welding head.
- the robot is thus able to move the welding head to those locations and along those edges or corresponding surfaces where welding is to be performed.
- the rings of weld-spray that build-up on the welding head and said edge surfaces are electrically conductive and result in spark-over between the rings and the workpieces, whereas the intention is for spark-over to take place between the weld electrode and the workpieces. This results in welding interruptions.
- the ring may also prevent sufficient gas from being delivered to the weld location through the gas casing, resulting in a poor quality weld.
- the aforesaid ring is built-up to an unacceptable size typically in from five to ten minutes, meaning that the gas casing must be cleaned relatively often.
- the gas casing is cleaned by placing the gas- casing opening on a milling tool and milling away the ring mechanically.
- the ring is often seated very firmly on the gas casing and removal of the ring results in the removal of material from the gas casing by virtue of the ring loosening from the casing and being whirled round in contact with the casing by the milling tool, therewith causing wear to the casing.
- the task of removing the ring with the aid of other hand-operated tools, such as cutting nippers, for instance, is also time-consuming.
- the interior of the gas casing and the electrical contact nozzle are cleaned with the aid of compressed air, although the result is not always satisfacto ⁇ ry.
- the welding equipment may also include water-cooled gas casings, which are provided with internal cooling channels. Repeated cleaning of the gas casings with subsequent removal of material therefrom may result in the removal of so much material as to open the cooling channels so that the water conducted therethrough will spray out. This results in interruptions in the welding operation.
- the present invention satisfies these desiderata and provides an apparatus for cleaning the gas casing and the electrical contact nozzle quickly and with much less wear on the casing in the proximity of its opening than that experienced with conventional cleaning processes.
- the present invention thus relates to an apparatus for cleaning the heads of electrical welding robots, said heads including a gas casing and an electrical contact nozzle, wherein the apparatus is characterized in that it includes an open vessel having connected thereto one or more ultrason ⁇ ic generators which function to generate ultrasonic waves in a liquid contained in the vessel; and in that a rotary device is mounted in the vessel with said device located beneath the upper surface level of the liquid.
- Figure 1 is a side view of part of an inventive apparatus;
- Figure 2 illustrates an inventive apparatus from above;
- Figure 3 illustrates schematically a gas casing and an associated electrical contact nozzle, said casing being shown in section;
- Figure 4 is a side view of an inventive apparatus and shows a vessel belonging to said apparatus in section, taken on the line A-A in Figure 2;
- FIGS 5a, 5b and 5c illustrate different tools
- Figure 6 illustrates a rotary device
- Figures 1, 2 and 4 * illustrate an apparatus for cleaning the heads of electrical welding robots, said heads including a gas casing and an electrical contact nozzle.
- the apparatus includes an open vessel 1 which has connected thereto one or more ultrasonic generators 2, 3 for generating ultrasonic waves in a liquid 4 present in the vessel 1.
- the ultrasonic generators are of a conventional kind and of the type used to generate ultrasonic waves in a liquid for cleaning purposes, in a known manner.
- the vessel 1 is preferably made of stainless steel.
- there is mounted in the vessel a rotary device which is located beneath the upper surface level of the liquid. This surface level is shown by the undulating line 5 in Figure 4.
- the rotary device functions to stir the modes, i.e. standing waves are disturbed in the liquid. This has been found to provide a markedly improved cleaning effect.
- the vessel 1 is conical in shape with the cone apex 6 facing downwards.
- the outer mantle surface of the cone is provided with a plurality of flat sidepieces 7-12.
- An ultrasound generator 2, 3 is mounted on each of three or more of the flat sidepieces 7-12, to generate ultrasonic waves in the liquid.
- the vessel 1 includes six sidepieces with an ultrasonic generator placed on each alternate sidepiece, i.e. an embodiment which includes a total of three generators.
- the side surfaces define an angle v with a plane which extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 13 of the vessel and the ultrasonic generators are so positioned on respective side surfaces that respective normals 14, 15 of said side surfaces departing from respective ultrasonic generators will coincide with a point 16 on the longitudinal axis of the vessel 1 beneath the surface 5 of the liquid. As a result, strong interference takes place between the ultrasonic waves at the point 16.
- a shaft 17 extends through a penetrating hole 16' in the bottom of the vessel 1 and carries a tool attachment device 18 on the end thereof located in the vessel.
- An electric motor 48 which drives the shaft 17 is coupled to the other end of the shaft.
- the shaft 17 is rotated at a speed of 50 to 500 r.p. ., preferably about 180 r.p.m.
- the tool attachment device 18 has the form of a plate 19 which is positioned at right angles to the shaft 17 and the upper side 20 of which is provided with tool-mounting means.
- the tool attachment device 18 is preferably fitted detachably to the shaft 17.
- the upper part 21 of the shaft 17 has a square cross-sectional shape, for instance.
- the attachment device will include a sleeve 22 which projects down from the plate 19 and which has an internal hole of corresponding cross-section. When the sleeve 22 is fitted onto the upper part 21 of the shaft, the two parts will be in engagement for rotation of the tool.
- the tool is comprised of one or more brushes and/or a milling tool. Examples of such tools are shown in Figures 5a-5c.
- Figure 5a shows a steel-wire brush 23 fitted on a base plate 24.
- Figure 5b shows a milling tool 25 having upstanding cutting edges 26.
- the outer side of the cutting edges is intended to abut the inside of a ring of weld spray adjacent the opening of a gas casing.
- the milling tool is mounted on a base plate 27.
- the milling tool may have a form which corresponds to the form typically used to clean-off rings of weld spray.
- Figure 5c shows another cutting tool 28 having an upwardly rounded cutting edge 29 which is intended to abut the ring of weld spray in the same way as the milling tool.
- This cutting tool is mounted on a base plate 30.
- the tool base plates 24, 27, 30 are fitted to the plate 20 of the tool attachment device in a manner which will prevent rotation of the base plates on the plate.
- the plate 20 may be provided with a number of upstanding pegs 31- 33 which are received in corresponding holes 34-36 in the base plates 24, 27, 30.
- welding spray will build-up a ring of material around the edges defining the gas casing opening 44.
- the lower part of the casing 37 in the vicinity of the casing opening is shown at the bottom of Figure 3 in broken lines.
- a ring 45 of the aforesaid kind is shown in full lines in a normally occurring size.
- the speed at which such a ring builds up will depend on how well the welding parameters, such as voltage, current strength, welding speed, etc. , have been set. It may take from a few minutes to an hour for such a ring to build up. Each time a ring builds up, it is necessary to clean-off the ring in order not to impair the quality of the weld.
- the present invention works in the following manner.
- the robot is programmed to move the casing to a position corresponding to the position shown in broken lines in Figure 4, such that the forward part of the casing will be in contact with a tool 24, 27, 30 mounted for rotation on the plate 19.
- the level 5 of the liquid 4 in the vessel is sufficiently high to allow at least the forward part of the casing and the electrical contact nozzle to be submersed in the liquid.
- the liquid is a washing detergent.
- the washing detergent may be any suitable detergent used for industrial purposes.
- a suitable washing detergent is that sold by Leverindu ⁇ , Nyk ⁇ ping, Sweden, under the trade designation ST 104.
- the washing effect can be enhanced with the aid of vessel-mounted immersion heaters (not shown) , so as to maintain the liquid at an elevated temperature, for instance at a temperature of 60°C.
- the ultrasonic generators are started up in conjunction with lowering the gas casing into the inventive device. It has surprisingly been found that the ultrasonic waves cause the ring to loosen from the casing such that the ring will either fall off or can be easily removed from the casing.
- the ring is seated initially very firmly to the casing, which is one of the main problems encountered when cleaning gas casings with the aid of conventional methods. At times, the ring will simply fall from the casing when the casing is lowered down into the inventive apparatus, without needing to use a tool to this end.
- the provision of a rotary device in the vessel has a significant effect on the tendency of the ring to loosen, despite the rotary device not being in contact with the ring. It is assumed that the mode stirring effect of a rotary device is highly influential in this regard.
- FIG. 6 One such rotary device is shown by way of example in Figure 6, in the form of a U-shaped device 46 mounted on a base plate 47.
- the base plate 47 corresponds to the base plates 24, 27, 30.
- the apparatus 46 is designed so as not to come into contact with the gas casing when the casing is lowered into the vessel.
- Such a rotary device can be referred to as a mode stirrer.
- a rotary milling tool is used to split rings which are relatively large, wherewith after having been loosened from the gas casing, the ring will split and fall therefrom. Naturally, the milling tool can also be used to cut away ring residues from around the gas-casing opening.
- the cutting tool shown in Figure 5c is used in a corresponding manner.
- a brush can be used to clean the forward part of the casing in a gentler manner.
- the use of a brush will assume that the ring has been loosened from the casing by the ultrasonic vibrations, so that when brushed the ring will fall from the casing without requiring the use of a milling or cutting tool.
- the robot can be programmed to perform gas casing cleaning operations at very short intervals, so as to prevent the build-up of thick rings. This enables welding to be performed with gas casings which are practically always clean, therewith considerably improving the average weld quality.
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US08/750,476 US5813074A (en) | 1994-06-17 | 1995-06-15 | Apparatus for cleaning the heads of welding robots |
AU28116/95A AU2811695A (en) | 1994-06-17 | 1995-06-15 | An apparatus for cleaning the heads of welding robots |
DE69502606T DE69502606T2 (en) | 1994-06-17 | 1995-06-15 | DEVICE FOR CLEANING WELDING ROBOT HEADS |
EP95923632A EP0765204B1 (en) | 1994-06-17 | 1995-06-15 | An apparatus for cleaning the heads of welding robots |
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